McGregor vs Pacquiao Betting Odds

Just when the notion of Conor McGregor stepping back inside the squared circle seemed to die down, boxing legend Manny Pacquiao gave it brand new life. “Pac-Man” confirmed that his representatives have reached out to McGregor’s camp for preliminary talks about a bout.

“If we can negotiate it, I have no problem. It is OK with both of us,” Pacquiao said. This comes less than a month after Pacquiao took to Twitter and seemingly called out the current UFC lightweight champion to a fight.

With the potential MacPac fight picking up steam, online sportsbook BetOnline has released odds for the bout. Pacquiao opened as a hefty -550 favorite with McGregor coming back at +420.

Pacquiao said that his opponent would need to be finalized by April, as he will only fight when the Philippines senate – of which the boxer is a member of – is in recess.

We have not seen Pacquiao compete since he lost the WBO welterweight title in a controversial decision to Jeff Horn back in July 2017. That being said, the soon-to-be 39-year-old is still one of the best boxers of his generation and has only lost back-to-back fights once in his legendary career.

We have not seen McGregor step inside the ring or the cage (no, we are not counting his incident in Bellator) since his TKO loss to Floyd Mayweather in August 2017. That is not to say “The Notorious One” does not have options, as the UFC champion has fighters from both MMA and boxing calling him out on the regular.

It seems at this point McGregor is going to do what’s best for business and that could be boxing. Fighters co-promoting events are commonplace in the world of boxing and McGregor is keen on doing the same for his fights in MMA, which has never really happened before. The Irishman almost certainly guarantees himself a bigger slice of the pie if he boxes unless the UFC caters to his promoting desires.

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